Privacy & Terms of Use

This Statement was last updated on 16/07/2024  (list of all revisions at the foot of page)

Please read this information carefully.

Our website address is: https://allsaintsholbeach.org.uk.

By using this Website, you acknowledge and accept these terms. If you don’t accept these terms, please don’t use this Website. On each occasion that you access this Website, you’ll be deemed to have accepted these terms. We will periodically (every 30 days) ask you to click an acceptance button to confirm your acceptance of our Privacy Policy detailed below.

All Saints Church Holbeach takes your privacy and security seriously. We comply with the current General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) for the United Kingdom. This privacy policy sets out how we use and protect any information that you give us and the Terms of Use that apply when you use this Website.

We may revise these terms at any time without notice by updating this website. You should check this website from time to time to review the current terms. Your use of this website following any such changes will be viewed as your acceptance of the revised terms. A list of any revisions to these terms can be found at the foot of this page.

If you have any concerns about this Website, please write to us at:
Website Manager
The Vicarage
5 Church Street
Holbeach, PE12 7LL

Alternatively, email web-manager@allsaintsholbeach.org.uk

Important

The details on this page only relate to the All Saints Church Holbeach Website.

Data held by The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of All Saints Church Holbeach is covered by a separate Policy Statement, please click the link below to read the full notice.

Click here to read the PCC DATA PRIVACY NOTICE

 

Website Privacy Statement

We do not currently collect any information on the Website by which you can be personally identified. The only exceptions to this are where you have specifically chosen to provide personal information so that we may contact you, for example, for Event Registration, Membership Forms, etcetera. An example of this would be our Friends of All Saints registration page. This information is held securely and is never available for display on the Website and is used for administration only.

If there is anything displayed on or downloadable from the Website that causes you concern, please contact us as soon as you can.

If this policy changes at any time, the details will be updated on this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

Website Security

We utilise industry “good practice” standards to support the maintenance of a robust information security management system. Our Website uses SSL/HTTPS certification to provide an encrypted data connection to our Server. We use technical controls and monitoring for our information systems, such as firewalls, user verification, strong passwords, and strong data encryption to enforce these standards.

Cookies

We use Cookies on this website to confirm your acceptance of our Privacy & Terms of Use Policy. These Cookies have a limited life of one month after which we will ask you to reconfirm your acceptance. Each Cookie identifies your particular web browser and IP Address, it does not identify your personally.  We do not store this information beyond the limited life of the Cookie.

If you visit a login page, for example, as a registered user of our Document Portal,  we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you complete a login, we will also set up several cookies to save your secure login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year.

If you login as an Administrator or Editor, for security, additional cookies will be saved in your browser. These cookies includes no personal data and simply indicate the post ID’s of the pages and articles you edited, they expire after 1 day.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer; this may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website and will exclude you from being able to login to secure areas.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics to track website traffic, we identify which pages you visit, how long they are viewed for, your navigation of the Website and geographical location. We do this to help us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website visitor experience. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes, the collected data is processed in such a way that visitors cannot be identified personally.

If you have concerns about Google Analytics, please visit https://privacy.google.com/businesses/compliance

Links to other websites

Our Website contains links to other websites that may be of interest. These are carefully selected and are usually Faith or Charity information resources. We do not display links to commercial websites. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over other websites or your subsequent navigation. We clarify that you are visiting another website by opening the link in a new browser window. Therefore, we are not responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such a site, as they are not covered by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

JustGiving – Charity Fundraising Website

We use JustGiving to allow you to make online donations to us, once you have clicked the link to the JustGiving website you are covered by JustGiving’s terms, conditions and privacy statements only. These can be viewed here https://www.justgiving.com/about/info/privacy-policy/privacy-policy-v30 We do not hold any data online regarding donations that are made via JustGiving.

Facebook Moderated Group and News Feed

All Saints Church Holbeach has a Facebook Group page which also has a Feed on our News page, displaying posts from time to time. While we moderate initial posts and content on the page, we are not responsible for the subsequent content, comments, advertising, or links displayed, or any data that is used or held by Facebook.

Facebook may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to Facebook.

The Facebook Group and News Feed are covered by Facebook’s terms, conditions and privacy statements only. You should check your own Facebook security setting if you have any concerns.

Controlling your personal information

If we collect personal information, this will be made clear on the Website and in this policy statement. You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

• Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, either do not complete and submit the form, or  indicate that you do not want the information to be stored in a database.  We only ever use information provided to contact you ourselves and information is never passed to a third party.
• If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct contact purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at the address shown at the top of this page.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about events at the Church.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you, if you would like a copy of the information held on you, please contact us.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, we will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Website Terms of Use

General Terms

The content of this website is for your general information and use only.

The Website is subject to change without notice.

Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

From time to time this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).

Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.

Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable.

This Website is intended for use within the United Kingdom, all data is held in and hosted from United Kingdom based data centres.

Copyright

This website is Copyright and contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance, logos, photographs, images, videos, graphics and text. Reproduction, in any form, is prohibited without our express permission.

We ask you to take particular note that certain photographs & images on the Website have been specifically licensed for our use from various commercial Photographic & Image Libraries. Any downloading, copying or subsequent use of this material even if inadvertent can result in very substantial fines and legal action being taken against you by a Photographic or Image Library.

Trademarks

All trademarks reproduced in this website which are not our property, or licensed to us, are acknowledged.

Governing Law

Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use are subject to the laws of England.

List of Revisions

16/07/2024 –  Update to Use of Cookies (Privacy Policy Acceptance added).
16/07/2024 –  Updates to Cookie Policy for logged-in users.
16/07/2024 –  Page introduction updated.
25/04/2024 – Use of Personal Data on contact and registration forms updated.
15/10/2018  – Website Security Section updated to cover SSL/HTTPS data encryption.
21/06/2018 – Page Introduction updated.
17/05/2018 – New Privacy Statement added to comply with GDPR legislation.